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| Socio-Ecology of a Tribe: The Chenchu :- A food gathering tribe in Andhra Pradesh, Honey collection practices - Mannanoor, Kurnool |
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Reference |
| Gupta, Anil K; Gangadhar, V:1982 " Socio-Ecology of a Tribe: The Chenchu :- A food gathering tribe in Andhra Pradesh |
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Introduction to the Institution |
| The Chenchus are spread over in small habitation dispersed over the western and southern stretches of the Nallamalai hills mostly in isolated groups.The Nallamalai hills form a part of Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh.The Chenchu gudems (habitation) are spread over these forest cover hills on both sides of river Krishna.The northern side falling in the Telangana area in Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda districts and the southern side in the Rayalasama and Andhra area, mostly in Kurnool and Guntur districts.
It is believed that the chenchus inhabited this area much earlier then the Dravidians, they were referred to as Adi-chenchus.The total population of the Chenchu was about 25,000 as per 1971 census, and a bulk of this population is inhabiting the forest areas of Kurnool, Ongole, Guntur and Mahbubnagar districts
Mannanoor is a multicaste village, people have migrated from the plains and settled at this place. Mananor is situated somewhere in between Srisailam-the shivite pilgrim centre and Hyderabad. The population of the village is approx. 3,500 out of which 10% consists of chenchu population. Most of the chenchus depend on Agriculture labour, they also cultivate their own lands |
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Coverage of the Institution |
| Not reported |
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Rules for Management
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(a) Boundary Rules |
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Social: Altogether their are about eight honey deposit sites, but exclusive authority to collect honey from these sites had been vested on concerned families only. There were 15 exogamous group, out of which only three group had claim over the site ( Marripalli, Kanamoni, Dasari), no other group had any joint share or claim over any of the sites.
Territorial Rights: The territorial rights belonged to two exogamous groups in the villages: Kanamoni and Marripalam. Other persons in the village had no right to collect minor forest product. To collect MFP from the territories one has to take a prior permission from the owners and then 1/4 part of his collection is given to the owners as a tribute |
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(b) Governance
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| The owners hires labourers for honey collection from other places on daily wage basis or on contract. The chief collector gets Rs 20 extra, even if he is one among the owners. The owners of honey sites do not offer an equal share to all the members who participate (cf.Nagaluti). If there is no owner collector, labourers are employed on contract basis. The owners provide food for the labourers, the owner generally acts as as supervisor in the whloe activity. THe labourers are given Rs 3 as a daily wage. |
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(c) Resource Allocation |
| The owners of honey sites do not offer an equal share to all the members who participate (cf.Nagaluti). Some amount of honey is given for labourers. The honey is sold either to cooperative stores or local merchants, thereafter the money is equally distributed among the owners. |
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Conflict Resolution Mechanism |
| Not reported |
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Problems Faced by Institution |
| Not reported |
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Changes in the Institution over time |
| Not reported |
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Purpose |
| To study the pooling and distribution practices in chenchu tribe (Honey collection) |
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Country |
| Andhra Pradesh (Kurnool) |
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Region |
| Mannanoor |
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Date Of Publication |
| RS-23/08/96 |
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